Win a $5000 Scholarship from Jerry’s

Jerry’s is Giving Away a Scholarship to a Special Young Artist!

This year, with the help of several sponsors and friends, Jerrys will empower one young artist with a scholarship award of $5000 as well as an eGift Card worth $500 in art supplies from Jerrysartarama.com. Jerry’s is searching out a young talented Graduate Student, Undergraduate Student or High School Senior who is going into the arts. Apply today for your chance to win the Jerry’s Artarama 2014 Art Scholarship!

We’ve had so many wonderful entries this year that we decided to up the ante some. We are increasing the prizes from just one winner to 6 winners. Now, Five lucky entrants will be entered for the chance to win an additional $100 scholarship with each of those five winners winning a $15 Jerry’s eGift card.

Remember, this contest ends October 31st so enter now!

The Scholarship

One $5000 non-renewable scholarship will be awarded to one special student artist to be used towards tuition and fees required by their educational institution. In addition to tuition and fees, a $500 eGift card to Jerrysartarama.com will be provided to the student to use on art supplies and materials. Jerry’s will also throw in a $250 Supply Pack to the student’s chosen Art Department!

How to Qualify

1.) Students can nominate themselves- If you’re a student in a fine art program or headed into one, fill out the entry form, tell us your story and show us your artwork!

2.)Teachers can nominate their artistic students who stand out in class. Nominate them and tell us why they should be chosen and show us their work and in addition to that student being nominated for the award, you will receive a $250 value Supply Pack (Oils, Watercolors, Drawing or Acrylics) for your school’s art department.

Contenders will be judged on artwork submitted(in the discipline in which they are pursuing a degree in) and an essay answering these questions:

Students- Why do you want to be an artist? What inspired you to do so? What do the arts mean to you? What are your future plans within the art community?

Teachers- Why should this student receive this scholarship? How have they shown commitment to the arts? What are their future plans? How are they working towards becoming an artist?

Additional information is required as well.

Sign up by October 31st, 2014 to qualify. Entries will be evaluated by a jury of creative professionals and a recipient chosen based on the criteria perviously set forth with emphasis on the essay portion and artwork submitted. The winning recipient will be chosen in November, notified and announced on our website and social media.

To enter, read the rules or find out more information about Jerry’s Artarama 2014 Art Scholarship, check out our Art Scholarship Page!